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## Organization of the PC-DMIS Core Documentation

This documentation is divided into numerous main chapters and some supplemental appendices. To give you an idea of the documentation layout, the following list provides a brief description of each chapter.

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- "Getting Started: An Overview" is the chapter you are currently reading. It gives a brief overview of the contents of the PC-DMIS documentation.

- "Navigating the User Interface" describes the PC-DMIS user interface and how to customize it to suit your needs.

- "Using Basic File Options" discusses the basic file operations that you can use PC-DMIS to perform, such as starting a new measurement routine, saving it, and exiting PC-DMIS.

- "Using Advanced File Options" discusses the more advanced file operations such as how to import and export CAD files and execute your measurement routine.

- "Setting Your Preferences" describes the setup options and measurement routine parameters.

- "Editing the CAD Display" describes how to use the Graphic Display window to edit the display of your CAD file.

- "Editing a Measurement Routine" describes the Edit window and how to edit your measurement routine.

- "Using the Edit Window" describes how to use the PC-DMIS built-in editor to create, debug, edit, and execute your measurement routine.

- "Using Other Windows, Editors, and Tools" discusses additional windows, editors, and tools.

- "Using Toolbars" discusses the main toolbars and toolbar icons.

- "Defining Hardware" describes how to define probes, machines, quick fixtures, and tip calibration.

- "Creating Auto Features" describes how to create single-click automatic features.

- "Creating Measured Features" describes how to create measured features.

- "Constructing New Features from Existing Features" describes how to construct features from other features already in your measurement routine.

- "Creating Generic Features" describes how to create generic features and the ReadPoint command.

- "Creating and Using Alignments" describes how to create, save, and recall alignments.

- "Using Legacy Dimensions" describes the legacy dimensions.

- "Using Feature Control Frames" describes how to dimension your features using the newer Feature Control Frames and symbols from the GD&T standard.

- "Scanning Your Part" describes basic and advanced scan options.

- "Inserting Move Commands" discusses various commands that can control machine or probe motion.

- "Branching by Using Flow Control" covers commands that control the flow of your measurement routine.

- "Tracking Statistical Data" explains how to track and use statistics in your measurement routine.

- "Reporting Measurement Results" walks you through reports, the Report window, report and label templates, custom reports, and forms.

- "Inserting Report Commands" discusses the report commands that you can insert into your measurement routine.

- "Using File Input / Output" explains how to work with file input and output in your measurement routines to open files for reading, writing, and other operations.

- "Using Expressions and Variables" describes how to create expressions and how to assign expression results to variables.

- "Adding External Elements" covers using external applications, scripts, measurement routines, and other objects in your measurement routine to further enhance its capability.

- "Using Multiple Arm Mode" describes how to use PC-DMIS with dual-arm CMMs.

- "Navigating and Displaying Multiple Windows" describes how to navigate between and view open windows.

In addition to the above sections, the PC-DMIS documentation provides appendices that document the following:

- "Working in Offline Mode"

- "Using Inspection Plans in PC-DMIS"

- "Translating DOS/AVAIL into PC-DMIS"

- "Using a Wrist Device"

- "Working in Operator Mode"

- "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus"

- "Modifying Registry Entries"

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